Bridle-bit



- (No Model.)

A. BUERMANN.

BRIDLE BIT.

No. 347,225. Patented Aug. 10,1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST BUERMANN, OF NEWARK, NEYV JERSEY.

BRlDLE-BIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,225, dated August10, 1886, Application filed May 19; 1886. Serial No. 202,629. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST BUERMANN, a

citizen of the United States residing at Newark, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bridle-Bits; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains'to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and toletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

- The object of this invention is to secure greater freedom for thedriving-reins of harness, whereby they are not so'liable to becometwisted or entangled where they are attached to the cheekpicces of thebit, to obtain in creased durability, and at the same time ob tain apositiveness of action where the same is deemed desirable.

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts,substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied inthe clause of the claim.

Referring. to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters indicatecorresponding parts in each of the" several figures, Figure l is a planof the improved bit; Fig. 2, a side view of the same, and Figs. 3 and 4are detail views of a coupling by means of which the rein is attached tothe'cheek-piece of the bit.

In said drawings, a indicates the mouthpiece, and b b the cheek-pieees,of a bridlebit. To the latter are secured swivel-couplings, whichconsist of a link or loop, 0, having ears 0- c, which are secured on theopposite sides of the cheek piece, as indicated in Fig. 1, and have apositive backward and forward movement thereon, said ears being securely fastened by means of a pivotal rivet or equivalent fastener, d.Said loop is also provided with a perforated base portion, 0", in whicha swivel-eye, e, is arranged, said swivel-eye being provided at itspivotal extremity with a head, 0, and at its opposite extremity with aneye, ring, snap-hook, or like device, 6 to receive the rein or chain fconnected therewith, the head and eye being connected by a shank, e 7

WVhere double reins are einployed,I may increase the number of couplingson the cheeks, and other similar immaterial changes may be made in theconstruction of the bit without departing from the invention.

By the construction thus described I am enabled to obtain a freemovement of the rein, which will prevent the latter from becomingtwisted, and also to secure a straight pull, avoiding leverages in thecoupling, whereby the wear on the same is reduced, and finally toprevent undue looseness at a point in close proximity to the mouth.

I am aware that in Patent No. 320,139 is shown a swivel riveted to a'rein and adapted to be strapped to the cheek-piece of a bit, and this Ido not claim. In the improveddevice the swivel is permanently secured tothe cheekpiece and forms a part of the same, the whole forming animproved article of manufacture, while in operation a more positivemovement of parts is obtained, as will be evident.

Having thus d scribed the invention, what I claim as new is The improvedbridle-bit herein described, combining therein the mouth-piece a,cheekpieces'b b, swivel-couplings c 0, having ears 0 0, perforated base0, pivotal rivet d, and swivel-eye having the head 6, shank c and eye 2all said parts being arranged and combined substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this15th day of May, 1886.

AUGUST BUERMANN.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, FREDK. F. CAMPBELL.

